I agree Badhat. It's stupid to hold a combined 3's and a 35+3's race that is scored as if they are two different races. I care more about the 35+3's option when it comes to crits BTW.
FWIW, Russell Harding has a good summary of the organizations and positions thereof is his blog:
http://theroadtocat1.com/2011/04/21/...local-impacts/